There is no material problem, whether created by nature or by technology, that cannot be solved with more technology.

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  Technological utopianism is a temptation to resist: technology has no momentum or will of its own and guarantees nothing.

  Andreessen says there is no material problem, from nature or from technology, that cannot be solved with more technology. Thiel says technological utopianism is a temptation to resist, because technology has no momentum or will of its own and guarantees nothing. These are opposite readings of what technology is owed in advance.

Shared subject first, then similar wording. They may agree or disagree.

• Technology cannot solve problems that are human, organizational and political in nature, however hopeful it is to think so. SJSteve Jobs20 Apr 1995
• Almost no problem cannot be solved by increasing speed, trying more options, and testing additional hypotheses. DHDavid Heinemeier Hansson30 Sept 2026
• The problem of cars in cities is a geometry problem, not a technology problem: no invention creates room for everybody's car. JWJarrett Walker7 Jun 2010
• Nobody has a growth problem these days; they have a product problem. AAAnish Acharya6 Sept 2026
• The technology side keeps changing, but the human side does not change that fast: people have the same problems. AVAmi Vora10 Sept 2026

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